Clovis

Claude Viseur

(Belgium)

Gil et Joanne

Claude Viseur is a comic book artist and illustrator, who is specialized in drawings cars and works under the pen name Clovis. He began his career in 1967 at the Belvision animation studios in Brussels. Fascinated by motorsports, he started making illustrations for several related Belgian magazines. Between 1974 and 1981, he was part of Jean Graton's art team, where he was responsible for drawing the race cars in the 'Michel Vaillant' comics.

In the 1980s and 1990s he has been mostly working as a commercial artist in the automotive field. His work from this period includes comic books like 'Une Aventure de Gil et Joanne' (with Denis Asselberghs in commission of Louis de Poortere, 1983), 'Fric-frac à Francorchamps' (with Paul Ide, 1988) and 'Special Stages' (for the Mazda Rally Team Belgium, 1989). In 1990 he set up CAR-toon, through which he publishes and sells some of his creations in the form of limited prints, posters and cards. Since 1998, he has been making paintings of cars in commission.